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P A Z · Feb 16, 2021

Thanks guys didn't know that.

My dash is asking me to join Game Pass tonight yet my GPU is still subbed until May so that seems to be what the problem is. If it can't tell you're subbed then you can't pop the quests.

Awesome Wells · Feb 16, 2021

Is anyone else having issues with the 50 Searches with the Bing app part of this week's Weekly Challenges? Tried searching via the Xbox Bing App and my phone App but the number never increments.

Sundrowned · Feb 17, 2021

Awesome Wells said:
Is anyone else having issues with the 50 Searches with the Bing app part of this week's Weekly Challenges? Tried searching via the Xbox Bing App and my phone App but the number never increments.

It wouldn't register my searches all day, but I checked again an hour or so ago and it updated to 50/50. I didn't do anything special, just the normal daily searches I would do in Chrome/mobile and they were all done hours earlier.

I would just wait it out.

Adryuu · Feb 17, 2021

oipic said:
I hear you! I have an uncanny knack of unlocking achievements just after midnight, it seems, and of course, the AMEM reward doesn't work then (nor 'pop' the next day, either).

Yeah that happens too, it sucks that my normal gaming time is after supper, from around 23pm to 1am.

nihilence said:
The earn 50 for achievements is always spotty.

It's been ok for me for a long time now, as long as the achievement is unlocked (and redeemed) before midnight or after 1am.

Awesome Wells said:
Is anyone else having issues with the 50 Searches with the Bing app part of this week's Weekly Challenges? Tried searching via the Xbox Bing App and my phone App but the number never increments.

That's always been faulty for me! And it sucks, because every day I do all the bing searches in different browsers and sometimes it registers 50 searches in a day but sometimes it only gets a few. Normally it takes up to 3-4 days of full rewards daily searches to get this filled, it's just broken.

Wesker · Feb 17, 2021

Awesome Wells said:
Is anyone else having issues with the 50 Searches with the Bing app part of this week's Weekly Challenges? Tried searching via the Xbox Bing App and my phone App but the number never increments.

Yeah, I have the same issue.
I do 30 and 40 searches every day on my iPad and iPhone – because iPadOS is recognized as a Desktop OS.
And I only get 40 searches a day.

No biggie for me because I don't do the searches manually anyway. But it's annoying.

SpottieO · Feb 17, 2021

Pretty sure these insane power outages in Texas are going to ruin the weekly streak I had going lol.

plagiarize · Feb 17, 2021

Awesome Wells said:
Is anyone else having issues with the 50 Searches with the Bing app part of this week's Weekly Challenges? Tried searching via the Xbox Bing App and my phone App but the number never increments.

I got credited for searches on the website, for whatever that's worth.

Awesome Wells · Feb 18, 2021

Thanks for the feedback everyone.

Strangely, I opened the rewards app today and found the previous searches I had done had been credited. So that's a relief.

Gouty · Feb 18, 2021

I was considering cashing out my rewards for some Walmart gift cards and selling them online. Anyone know if this is against MIcrosoft's TOS? I don't want to get my account banned over this.

Chettlar · Feb 18, 2021

Gouty said:
I was considering cashing out my rewards for some Walmart gift cards and selling them online. Anyone know if this is against MIcrosoft's TOS? I don't want to get my account banned over this.

I mean idk how they would find out, but personally I wouldn't. It really wouldn't be all that lucrative anyway.

MrKlaw · Feb 19, 2021

how long do the gift cards last? Just got an email reminder one of mine expires in March which feels like 2 months but maybe its 3. I was hoping to save a few up to buy a game, rather than just be a discount off something.

Is there a tactic to extend that - eg just keeping the points and not redeeming (although I guess the points also expire)

Deleted member 41178 · Feb 19, 2021

MrKlaw said:
how long do the gift cards last? Just got an email reminder one of mine expires in March which feels like 2 months but maybe its 3. I was hoping to save a few up to buy a game, rather than just be a discount off something.

Is there a tactic to extend that - eg just keeping the points and not redeeming (although I guess the points also expire)

I don't think the points themselves expire, but yeah the gift cards only last about 3 months.

One way to extend them is to pre-order a game and then cancel that game before release which will refund the balance back to you account.

I'd personally just sit on the points and only redeem when you want something in the future.

Adryuu · Feb 19, 2021

MrKlaw said:
how long do the gift cards last? Just got an email reminder one of mine expires in March which feels like 2 months but maybe its 3. I was hoping to save a few up to buy a game, rather than just be a discount off something.

Is there a tactic to extend that - eg just keeping the points and not redeeming (although I guess the points also expire)

What you've been told in regards to credit, plus points only expire if you don't earn anymore in a lot of time (can't remember if it was 18 months or 36 or how many).
I think If you buy something, the three months expiry for your remaining credit restart counting from that moment, but I'm not sure on this. I just redeem points when I want to buy something specific, or just keep them as points and continue earning. Prices of rewards haven't changed for some time.

ThereAreFourNaan · Feb 19, 2021

While people are talking about expiry - Do Xbox Live gold cards expire? A friend did the convert deal but got fucked by the bonus months when he was registering XBL gold, so he had to convert with only 2/3 years. But now he has an extra 12 month gold code that it won't let him register for whatever reason even though it would convert to an allowed amount of ultimate. It seems to be thinking that "oh you can't have 12 extra months" even though post conversion it will really be under 36.

Will the XBL 12 month code expire after a time?

Scently · Feb 19, 2021

MrKlaw said:
how long do the gift cards last? Just got an email reminder one of mine expires in March which feels like 2 months but maybe its 3. I was hoping to save a few up to buy a game, rather than just be a discount off something.

Is there a tactic to extend that - eg just keeping the points and not redeeming (although I guess the points also expire)

They expire 3 months from the day you redeem the points. To extend them, wait until maybe a few days before the expiry then preorder something from the store up to the amount of your gift card. Cancel it and your expiry date would have shifted by a month. Rinse and repeat every time and for how long you want to keep the gift card.

Katana_Strikes · Feb 19, 2021

Weird finishing all the monthlies half way through the month.

firehawk12 · Feb 23, 2021

I just had a question - my main email to my account is a dead email, but I have secondary emails I set up as aliases to let me log in.

If I order a reward, where does the reward go to? The primary email associated with the Live account?

toastybanana · Feb 23, 2021

firehawk12 said:
I just had a question - my main email to my account is a dead email, but I have secondary emails I set up as aliases to let me log in.

If I order a reward, where does the reward go to? The primary email associated with the Live account?

I don't know which one but whichever it is, you can always see the reward code in your rewards order history.

https://account.microsoft.com/rewards/redeem/orderhistory

firehawk12 · Feb 23, 2021

toastybanana said:
I don't know which one but whichever it is, you can always see the reward code in your rewards order history.

https://account.microsoft.com/rewards/redeem/orderhistory

Oh really? I was afraid to spend points because I didn't want it to disappear to a dead email, but if the codes show up there then that's helpful.

Adryuu · Feb 23, 2021

firehawk12 said:
Oh really? I was afraid to spend points because I didn't want it to disappear to a dead email, but if the codes show up there then that's helpful.

If you redeem xbox live / microsoft credit you don't get codes anymore, the credit now appears straight in your xbox/microsoft account.

firehawk12 · Feb 23, 2021

Adryuu said:
If you redeem xbox live / microsoft credit you don't get codes anymore, the credit now appears straight in your xbox/microsoft account.

Oh huh, that's even better. lol

G_O · Feb 23, 2021

I never used Bing before but logged into the bing browser on my iPad with my MS account did a whole load of random searches and none were logged on the rewards task tracking.

Im sure its me doing something stupid.

Puroresu_kid · Feb 23, 2021

G_O said:
I never used Bing before but looged into the bing browser on my iPad with my MS account did a whole load of random searches and none were logged on the rewards task tracking.

Im sure its me doing something stupid.

I honestly don't know how bing records these things as I have the same issue. With my android phone it's fine but the ipad never logs them.

ohlawd · Feb 23, 2021

when was the last time GPU went on a discount in redemption?

Clive · Feb 23, 2021

ohlawd said:
when was the last time GPU went on a discount in redemption?

Seems they have stopped doing Hot Deals on all cards relating to Xbox. There haven't been any in a long time.

Coolluck · Feb 23, 2021

ohlawd said:
when was the last time GPU went on a discount in redemption?

Can't even remember at this point. Almost a year? I don't count on it anymore.

ohlawd · Feb 23, 2021

Clive said:
Seems they have stopped doing Hot Deals on all cards relating to Xbox. There haven't been any in a long time.

Coolluck said:
Can't even remember at this point. Almost a year? I don't count on it anymore.

oh man that sucks lol didn't know

what are you all spending your points on now? gonna follow the leader for most efficient spending

wartime · Feb 23, 2021

ohlawd said:
when was the last time GPU went on a discount in redemption?

Looking at my order history, the last time I got it was in April 2020. Don't think I've seen it since then.

Skiptastic · Feb 23, 2021

ohlawd said:
when was the last time GPU went on a discount in redemption?

I'd love to know this. I'm saving up for getting GPU no discount.

EDIT: Well, that's a bummer.

Adryuu · Feb 23, 2021

firehawk12 said:
Oh huh, that's even better. lol

Remember credit expires after 90 days if not used (can be "renewed" for a month if you preorder something and then cancel).

firehawk12 · Feb 23, 2021

Adryuu said:
Remember credit expires after 90 days if not used (can be "renewed" for a month if you preorder something and then cancel).

Oh wow, okay. But it applies to anything on Xbox right, including games and subscriptions?

litebrite · Feb 23, 2021

firehawk12 said:
Oh wow, okay. But it applies to anything on Xbox right, including games and subscriptions?

Anything that can be bought in the MS store.

demi · Feb 23, 2021

ohlawd said:
oh man that sucks lol didn't know

what are you all spending your points on now? gonna follow the leader for most efficient spending

Same thing I say every time this is asked - cash out on credit for DLC + Games I want to play. Treat it like an ATM

Vectored Thrust · Feb 23, 2021

Skiptastic said:
I'd love to know this. I'm saving up for getting GPU no discount.

EDIT: Well, that's a bummer.

I remember reading on the Xbox Rewards App that they officially stopped doing Hot Deals on any Xbox related rewards (Xbox Gift Cards, GPU etc.). It's been replaced with that monthly redemption program where you can redeem up to $10/month at a discounted price (think that's where it's mentioned that Hot Deals for Xbox was canceled). Unfortunately, that doesn't really do anything for me since I'm saving my points for bigger ticket items.

ElNino · Feb 23, 2021

demi said:
Same thing I say every time this is asked - cash out on credit for DLC + Games I want to play. Treat it like an ATM

I'm the same way. I let my points rack up until the next big sale and then I cash it out for $25/$50/etc and put it towards whatever games I want to get. My son wanted to get Avengers which I was holding off given the impressions I had read, but then it went on sale and I got it for "free" using rewards points. And thankfully for him, he loves it and whatever post-endgame issues it has are moot for him.

Renteka-Bond · Feb 23, 2021

I use my points on Amazon Cards unless I specifically want something on Xbox. I Saved up enough MPoints to get Outrides for free, but now I just go for Amazon Cred so I can grab Physical Copies of games. It's more expensive/less profitable on average, but the flexibility of the Amazon Points in not locking me into Xbox Digital purcase is worth the difference to me.

300 Points-Per-Day Minimum (170 Browser, 100 Mobile, 30 Dailies), 109500 a year
$5 Amazon: 109500 / 5250 = 20.857~ = $100 in Amazon a year
$5 Microsoft: 109500 / 4650 = 23.548387~ = $115
$10 Monthly Auto Redeem: 8750 * 12 = 105000 ($120)

This is based just on the dailies and searches, not account for the 30 point and 50 point searches or the Streak bonuses or anything. At the lowest search-only amount, you get $100 - $120 a year.

DrScruffleton · Feb 23, 2021

Its beautiful! Crossed 100k today

VeePs · Feb 23, 2021

matrixman92 said:
Its beautiful! Crossed 100k today

Breh those lifetime points

XVerdena · Feb 24, 2021

So my daily streak was reaetted to 1, wtf, did this happen to anyone else?

Yerffej · Feb 24, 2021

matrixman92 said:
Its beautiful! Crossed 100k today

I must be missing something. I've been doing this for a while and only have a little over 100k lifetime.

kmfdmpig · Feb 24, 2021

Yerffej said:
I must be missing something. I've been doing this for a while and only have a little over 100k lifetime.

Playing the mix and match game will inflate the lifetime numbers quite a bit as most of the tries cost 200 and reward 200. I lost about 1200-2000 points trying my luck and "gained" about 30,000 lifetime rewards points by doing so.

Yerffej · Feb 24, 2021

kmfdmpig said:
Playing the mix and match game will inflate the lifetime numbers quite a bit as most of the tries cost 200 and reward 200. I lost about 1200-2000 points trying my luck and "gained" about 30,000 lifetime rewards points by doing so.

! Might have to look into that one.

litebrite · Feb 24, 2021

kmfdmpig said:
Playing the mix and match game will inflate the lifetime numbers quite a bit as most of the tries cost 200 and reward 200. I lost about 1200-2000 points trying my luck and "gained" about 30,000 lifetime rewards points by doing so.

Personally, I think it's a waste using reward points on what's essentially "gambling". LOL

ElNino · Feb 24, 2021

kmfdmpig said:
Playing the mix and match game will inflate the lifetime numbers quite a bit as most of the tries cost 200 and reward 200. I lost about 1200-2000 points trying my luck and "gained" about 30,000 lifetime rewards points by doing so.

Yeah, I was wondering how I was able to get 40k+ points this month until I realized most of my points were from the mix and match game. I haven't won any of the big prizes but have a bunch of 200/500/1000/1500 point winners.

jokkir · Feb 24, 2021

So should I play the mix and match game? The posts on Reddit (and now* here) are tempting me lol

kmfdmpig · Feb 24, 2021

It worked out as a net-negative for me, but only barely. In my experience you get 200 points back like 80% of the time, 500 points about 5% of the time, 0 points about 14% of the time and then more points about 1% of the time. Reddit is what tempted me as well, although I'm pretty sure I'm done and ended up at negative 1000 or 2000.

Yerffej said:
! Might have to look into that one.

To clarify - I lost points by playing (the total lifetime points are inflated because you're spending/gaining back most of the points spent). I suspect most lose, although the Reddit posts made me want to try my luck.

Clive · Feb 24, 2021

Reminder that all lotteries are designed so that significantly more money will go into the lottery via purchased tickets than what will be distributed back to the winners. Doesn't mean a lottery can't be fun or that everyone will lose but you will in general spend way more than you get back.

Yerffej · Feb 24, 2021

kmfdmpig said:
It worked out as a net-negative for me, but only barely. In my experience you get 200 points back like 80% of the time, 500 points about 5% of the time, 0 points about 14% of the time and then more points about 1% of the time. Reddit is what tempted me as well, although I'm pretty sure I'm done and ended up at negative 1000 or 2000.

To clarify - I lost points by playing (the total lifetime points are inflated because you're spending/gaining back most of the points spent). I suspect most lose, although the Reddit posts made me want to try my luck.

Ah, I see.

CloseTalker · Feb 24, 2021

There's an Immortals punch card for buying the expansion. I bought the season pass, but it's not triggering the punch card. The expansion now shows as owned when I click on it. Has anyone else had this issue?

eek · Feb 24, 2021

CloseTalker said:
There's an Immortals punch card for buying the expansion. I bought the season pass, but it's not triggering the punch card. The expansion now shows as owned when I click on it. Has anyone else had this issue?

Contact support. They're surprisingly pretty responsive/good about things like this

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